CONTENTS

Foreword by Justice Clarence Thomas

Introduction by Rev. Paul D. Scalia

I. PERSONAL LESSONS FOR CHRISTIANS

Not to the Wise—the Christian as Cretin

A Prayer BY ST. THOMAS MORE

On Being Different—the Christian as Pilgrim

Moral Formation—the Character of Catholic Higher Education

St. Ignatius’s Suscipe

Away from the Noise—Making Retreats

The Indispensability of Courage—Military Service and the Christian

Faith and Work—How Belief Affects Vocation

“Really Present” BY PATRICK J. SCHILTZ

“Confessing the Faith” BY A. GREGORY GRIMSAL

“Lessons of Faith” BY A. J. BELLIA

II. POLITICAL LESSONS FOR BELIEVERS

The Two Kingdoms—Christians and State Authority

Politics and the Public Good—the False Allure of Socialism

The Authority of Government—Catholics and the Death Penalty

Conscience and the Constitution—from Employment Division v. Smith

Absolute Standards of Conduct—Lessons from the Holocaust

“The Talmudic Justice” BY RABBI MEIR SOLOVEICHIK

“ ‘O tempora! O mores!’ ” BY KRISTIN A. LINSLEY

“Latin and Greek” BY FATHER ROBERT CONNOR

III. PUBLIC LESSONS FOR AMERICANS

A Nation Under God—Public Expressions of Faith

Publicly Honoring the Ten Commandments— from McCreary County v. ACLU

The Right to Public Prayer—from Lee v. Weisman

Equal Treatment for Religious Citizens—from Locke v. Davey

“The Scalia Family” BY TAYLOR MEEHAN

“My Godfather Nino” BY MARTIN L. C. FELDMAN

“God’s Mercy” BY MARY CLARE SCALIA MURRAY

Homily at the Funeral Mass for Justice Scalia BY REV. PAUL D. SCALIA

Letter to Dr. James C. Goodloe IV